CERTIFICATIONS

Master Rain Gardener 

Certified

Washtenaw County Water Resources 

Winter 2025

Foundations of Gardening

Certified

MSU Extension

Winter 2025

AFFILIATIONS

Wild Ones North Oakland

Member

COURSES AND LECTURES

Natural Gardening with City Codes and HOAs

Hosted by Homegrown National Park with Benjamin Vogt

10/29/25

At Home With Nature: Beauty, Ecology and Experience

Hosted by NDAL with Larry Weaner

10/30/24

Matrix Landscape Design

Hosted by Wild Ones with Benjamin Vogt 

10/24/24

Growing a Natural Garden Design Business

Hosted by Benjamin Vogt of Monarch Gardens, Ben O'Brien of Wild by Design, Ben Futa and Lindsey Spaulding of Botany

10/22/24

Winter Maintenance & Ecology of Native Pollinator Plantings

Hosted by The Bee Urban Growers Project with Stefanie Steele, Jen Roedel, Karma Thomas

10/16/24

Homegrown National Park

Hosted by Detroit Zoological Society with Doug Tallamy

06/13/23

Michigan Vernal Pool Patrol Training

Hosted by MSU Extension Michigan Natural Features Inventory

Spring 2023

EDUCATION

Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Master In Architecture

2004-2009

Parsons School of Design

Associate of Applied Science Interior Design

2002-2004

Cornell University

Bachelor of Sciences in Human Development

1995-1999